Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rapped a man for throwing out his now-estranged wife and minor daughters from their home, saying such behavior has eroded the basic difference between human and animal. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotishwar Singh asked, “What kind of person are you that you do not even care for your minor daughters?” What wrong did minor daughters do by coming into this world?
‘How can you allow such a person to come to your court?’
Expressing displeasure, the bench said, “His interest was only in producing many children.” We cannot allow such a cruel person to enter our court. Sometimes Saraswati Puja and sometimes Lakshmi Puja at home throughout the day. And then all this.” Aggrieved by the facts of the case, the bench said it would not allow the man to enter the court unless he gave subsistence allowance or some agricultural land to his daughters and estranged wife.
The bench told his lawyer, “Ask this person to deposit some agricultural land or money in the name of his daughters as a fixed deposit or pay maintenance amount and then the court can think of passing an order in his favor.” What is the difference between an animal and a human being who does not take care of minor daughters?” The court said.
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A trial court held a Jharkhand man guilty of torturing and harassing his estranged wife for dowry. The man is also accused of fraudulently getting his wife’s uterus removed and later marrying another woman. The trial court in 2015 had convicted him under Indian Penal Code section 498A (subjecting married women to cruelty) and sentenced him to two-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment besides a fine of Rs 5,000. The case was registered in 2009 and he spent 11 months in custody.
Married in 2003
On September 24, 2024, the Jharkhand High Court reduced the punishment to one and a half years and increased the fine to Rs 1 lakh. The couple were married in 2003 and the estranged wife stayed at her in-laws’ house for about four months, after which she was allegedly tortured demanding dowry of Rs 50,000.
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